Vehicle operating device

Active Publication Date: 2011-09-08
NEXGEN CONTROL SYST LLC
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[0013]In the vehicle operating device according to this invention, an image corresponding to a voice operation or a spatial operation can be displayed on the display unit, and moreover, the vehicle operating device can be operated using voice operations or spatial operations. Therefore, an operation that would be

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Therefore, numerous voice operations are required, which is troublesome and makes intuitive operations impossible.
Therefore, there is a problem such that the operator's line of sight may shift, thus causing an inconvenience during driving.
To reduce the troublesomeness of a voice operation, a multi-modal constitution in which operations can also be performed using a remote controller (hereinafter, abbreviated to ‘remocon’) or a touch panel may be adopted, but in the case of a remote controller, there is a limit to the number of operations that can be performed using a fixed number of keys, and moreover, when a large number of keys is provided, operations become complicated and the operations allocated to each key cannot be learned easily, making intuitive operations impossible.
Hence, there is a problem such that t

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[0033]FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the constitution of a vehicle operating device in accordance with a first embodiment of this invention. The vehicle operating device includes a spatial operation unit 2, a voice operation unit 3, a main processing unit 4, a display unit 5, and a voice processing unit 6.

[0034]The spatial operation unit 2 is used to realize a spatial operation. The spatial operation unit 2 includes an image input unit 21, an image detection unit 22, a movement position determination unit 23, and an image recognition unit 24. The image input unit 21 is constituted by a camera that picks up a movement performed by an operator as a spatial operation, for example. The camera serving as the image input unit 21 is disposed in a position allowing it to pick up hand movements of the user easily, for example a lower portion of a front panel, an upper portion of a windshield, and so on. An image obtained through image pickup by the image input unit 21 is t...

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[0060]In the vehicle operating device in accordance with the first embodiment described above, spatial operation recognition is begun by a voice operation, but in the vehicle operating device in accordance with the second embodiment of this invention, spatial operation recognition is begun when a movement performed in a specific position of a space is detected. The constitution of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the second embodiment is identical to the constitution of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the first embodiment, shown in FIG. 1.

[0061]Next, an operation of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the second embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 4, centering on an operation processing for realizing a spatial operation.

[0062]When a power supply is supplied to the vehicle operating device, the vehicle operating device goes into the image input standby state (step ST31). More specifically...

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[0067]In the vehicle operating device in accordance with the third embodiment of this invention, a spatial operation is recognized by recognizing a movement performed within a space three-dimensionally. The constitution of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the third embodiment is identical to the constitution of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the first embodiment, shown in FIG. 1, apart from the function of the movement position determination unit 23. The movement position determination unit 23 determines a three-dimensional position (depth) of the hand within a space, in addition to a two-dimensional position, and transmits a determination result to the image recognition unit 24.

[0068]Next, an operation of the vehicle operating device in accordance with the third embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 5. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 5 shows only a spatial operation recognition processing part for re...

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A vehicle operating device includes: a voice operation unit 3 for recognizing an uttered voice and outputting a recognition result; a spatial operation unit 2 for recognizing a movement performed within a space and outputting a recognition result; a main processing unit 4 for executing a processing corresponding to the recognition result transmitted from the voice operation unit and the recognition result transmitted from the spatial operation unit; and a display unit 5 for displaying an image generated in accordance with an instruction from the main processing unit, the image being superimposed on an actual scene that can be viewed through a windshield.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates to a vehicle operating device for operating a vehicle or an on-board instrument, and more particularly to a technique for improving operability.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A voice operation for performing an operation using voice alone is known as a method of operating a vehicle or an on-vehicle instrument easily while driving the vehicle. Using voice operations, operations such as periphery searches and music searches can be performed. For example, when an utterance such as “nearby restaurants” is made, a search for nearby restaurants is performed and search results are output as candidates. The user can then perform an operation to select a desired restaurant from the candidates.[0003]However, in order to select a desired one from the candidates obtained as the search results through a voice operation, the user must check the candidates one by one and perform a determination operation. Therefore, numerous voice operations are required, which is ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F7/00G10L15/00
CPCG01C21/36G06F3/017G10L15/26G06F3/038G06F2203/0381G06F3/0304
Inventor OKADA, REIKOMATSUTANI, KIYOSHIKOHNO, ATSUSHISATO, FUMITAKAKAWANA, YUTAYAMAZAKI, WATARU
Owner NEXGEN CONTROL SYST LLC
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